Dhp XXII : Hell

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('â', I didnât.â Both–low-acting people– there become equal: after death, in the world beyond. 306 An ochre robe tied âround their necks, many with evil qualities –unrestrained, evil– rearise, because of their evil acts, in hell. Better to eat an iron ball –glowing, aflame– than that, unprincipled & unrestrained, you should eat the alms of the country. 307-308 Four things befall the heedless man who lies down with the wife of another: a wealth of demerit; a lack of good sleep; third, censure; fourth, hell. A wealth of demerit, an evil destination, & the brief delight of a fearful man with a fearful woman, & the king inflicts a harsh punishment. So no man should lie down with the wife of another. 309-310 Just as sharp-bladed grass, if wrongly held, wounds the very hand that holds it– the contemplative life, if wrongly grasped, drags you down to hell. Any slack act, or defiled observance, or fraudulent life of chastity bears no great fruit. If somethingâs to be done, then work at it firmly, for a slack going-forth kicks up all the more dust. Itâs better to leave a misdeed undone. A misdeed burns you afterward. Better that a good deed be done that, after youâve done it, wonât make you burn. 311-314 Like a frontier fortress, guarded inside & out, guard yourself. Donât let the moment pass by. Those for whom the moment is past grieve, consigned to hell. 315 Ashamed of whatâs not shameful, not ashamed of what is, beings adopting wrong views go to a bad destination. Seeing danger where there is none, & no danger where there is, beings adopting wrong views go to a bad destination. Imagining error where there is none, and no error where there is, beings adopting wrong views go to a bad destination. But knowing error as error, and non-error as non-, beings adopting right views go to a good destination. 316-319 - --> - - - -